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Posted: 5/25/2015 7:40:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Ever played in a band with a drummer inspired by John Bonham and Neil Pert, who had 11 toms in his 1978 Ludwig cedar shell drum kit - factory made with no bottom heads? A drummer that had his own 24 channel board to mix the shock-mounted 57s in his kit? And a bass player running 800 watts into 2X12 and 2X15 cabs to be heard over the drummer? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By Lympago:
Originally Posted By cmjohnson:
Originally Posted By Zakk_Wylde_470:
I would do horrible, vile things for a MKIIC+. No doubt. If there's a "classic" Boogie that deserves legendary status, that's the one!  
Personally, the ultimate dream rig I'd love to own, but would never want to move, would be a Mark IIC+ Coliseum series head, (That's the one with three pairs of power tubes, four 6L6s and two EL-34s, or six 6L6s, giving up to 180 watts) with a pair of 4x12s each loaded entirely with EVM-12Ls. And better yet, put them all in hardwood cabinets, I'd prefer curly maple. This would not be a rig that went anywhere. It would just be used to kill small animals with sound. CJ This is always the part I don't understand about these over 100 watt tube amps, is that unless your using it for big shows where you can crank it up hard to heat the tubes up so the tone is fat and juicy, it's serious overkill. Yeh you can use an attenuator to reduce the volume while heating the power tubes up, by your still running a huge rig sucking the power out of your wall socket and skyscrapering your power bill when you could have gotten a sweet 50 head and smoked up pretty much everywhere while getting more than enough volume for just about any normal show. A real big show too will have a good PA anyways and you can mic it for even better stereo volume and sound. Sorry, I don't want to stomp on people's amp dreams, but that's just my two cents on it.
Ever played in a band with a drummer inspired by John Bonham and Neil Pert, who had 11 toms in his 1978 Ludwig cedar shell drum kit - factory made with no bottom heads? A drummer that had his own 24 channel board to mix the shock-mounted 57s in his kit? And a bass player running 800 watts into 2X12 and 2X15 cabs to be heard over the drummer? I would actually enjoy that so I could turn up loud enough to really get my power tubes to cooking and maybe run two amps too. 
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Posted: 5/25/2015 11:03:03 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gone_Shootin:
I would actually enjoy that so I could turn up loud enough to really get my power tubes to cooking and maybe run two amps too. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gone_Shootin:
Originally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By Lympago:
Originally Posted By cmjohnson:
Originally Posted By Zakk_Wylde_470:
I would do horrible, vile things for a MKIIC+. No doubt. If there's a "classic" Boogie that deserves legendary status, that's the one!
Personally, the ultimate dream rig I'd love to own, but would never want to move, would be a Mark IIC+ Coliseum series head, (That's the one with three pairs of power tubes, four 6L6s and two EL-34s, or six 6L6s, giving up to 180 watts) with a pair of 4x12s each loaded entirely with EVM-12Ls. And better yet, put them all in hardwood cabinets, I'd prefer curly maple. This would not be a rig that went anywhere. It would just be used to kill small animals with sound. CJ This is always the part I don't understand about these over 100 watt tube amps, is that unless your using it for big shows where you can crank it up hard to heat the tubes up so the tone is fat and juicy, it's serious overkill. Yeh you can use an attenuator to reduce the volume while heating the power tubes up, by your still running a huge rig sucking the power out of your wall socket and skyscrapering your power bill when you could have gotten a sweet 50 head and smoked up pretty much everywhere while getting more than enough volume for just about any normal show. A real big show too will have a good PA anyways and you can mic it for even better stereo volume and sound. Sorry, I don't want to stomp on people's amp dreams, but that's just my two cents on it.
Ever played in a band with a drummer inspired by John Bonham and Neil Pert, who had 11 toms in his 1978 Ludwig cedar shell drum kit - factory made with no bottom heads? A drummer that had his own 24 channel board to mix the shock-mounted 57s in his kit? And a bass player running 800 watts into 2X12 and 2X15 cabs to be heard over the drummer? I would actually enjoy that so I could turn up loud enough to really get my power tubes to cooking and maybe run two amps too. Takes a while to get used to playing with ear plugs in. |
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Posted: 5/26/2015 2:57:58 AM EDT
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Meanwhile I'm looking in to building a nice 1 watt tube amp for when I don't want to crank up the 100 watt combo lol.
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Posted: 6/4/2015 9:22:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By The_Hammer:
Meanwhile I'm looking in to building a nice 1 watt tube amp for when I don't want to crank up the 100 watt combo lol. 1 watt at full blast will be 25% as loud as the 100 watt at full blast. |
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Posted: 6/9/2015 10:57:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
1 watt at full blast will be 25% as loud as the 100 watt at full blast. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By The_Hammer:
Meanwhile I'm looking in to building a nice 1 watt tube amp for when I don't want to crank up the 100 watt combo lol. 1 watt at full blast will be 25% as loud as the 100 watt at full blast. That's a pretty nice reduction in sound while also being an impressive amount volume for such a small amp. |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 4/7/2016 6:51:48 PM EDT
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My Mk IV is my dream amp. Gets every tone I could want. That said, I want one of the new JP2Cs now; basically an updated IIc+ (with midi!)
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MD, USA
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Posted: 4/7/2016 10:46:58 PM EDT
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Blues Jr, Hot Rod Deluxe, and a Dean Markley twin 12 I think.
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Posted: 4/8/2016 10:50:18 AM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cmjohnson:
You're right, but it's like cars. A high performance car is FUN even if you're not driving along at 150 MPH. There's nothing wrong with having a Ferrari in the garage for fun weekends and a Prius for the working week. I'd want that rig because to me it represents practically the ultimate in big amps. It'd be so loud it'd tear holes in your head, but what the hell. Once in a while... 
CJ .Not going to be that loud. All other things being equal, it takes 10X the power to deliver twice the perceived volume of sound. I have seen a 9 volt battery powered amp built into an empty cigarette pack drive a 4X12 cabinet loud enough to play a gig in a small room, and your dream rig would only be noticeably louder than a 100 watt head. There was a reason the touring bands had a wall of amps behind, back in the day .... |
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Posted: 4/8/2016 11:04:52 AM EDT
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I've heard fabulous tones coming form a Hughes and Kettner half stack, Marshalls, Dean markleys.
Most fun I've had is with one of these: 
with a Peavey Rockmaster or TubeFEX in front of it, and a Peavey MS412 cabinet downstream. Yes, it's solid state, but the clean channel is better than a Roland Jazz Chorus, and with the pre-amps running right into the power amps, I got great sounds, and it never let me down. All of the rig was sourced used except the cabinet. Dirt cheap. Plus the chorus feature is fun! Still have it. |
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Posted: 4/8/2016 1:40:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
.Not going to be that loud. All other things being equal, it takes 10X the power to deliver twice the perceived volume of sound. I have seen a 9 volt battery powered amp built into an empty cigarette pack drive a 4X12 cabinet loud enough to play a gig in a small room, and your dream rig would only be noticeably louder than a 100 watt head. There was a reason the touring bands had a wall of amps behind, back in the day .... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By cmjohnson:
You're right, but it's like cars. A high performance car is FUN even if you're not driving along at 150 MPH. There's nothing wrong with having a Ferrari in the garage for fun weekends and a Prius for the working week. I'd want that rig because to me it represents practically the ultimate in big amps. It'd be so loud it'd tear holes in your head, but what the hell. Once in a while...
CJ .Not going to be that loud. All other things being equal, it takes 10X the power to deliver twice the perceived volume of sound. I have seen a 9 volt battery powered amp built into an empty cigarette pack drive a 4X12 cabinet loud enough to play a gig in a small room, and your dream rig would only be noticeably louder than a 100 watt head. There was a reason the touring bands had a wall of amps behind, back in the day .... Good point, Smokey Amps is the company that makes those little amps that'll fit in a cigarette pack. But I doubt you'll get a response out of CMJ, he got the ban hammer awhile back. |
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Posted: 4/8/2016 2:10:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gone_Shootin:
Good point, Smokey Amps is the company that makes those little amps that'll fit in a cigarette pack. But I doubt you'll get a response out of CMJ, he got the ban hammer awhile back. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gone_Shootin:
Originally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By cmjohnson:
You're right, but it's like cars. A high performance car is FUN even if you're not driving along at 150 MPH. There's nothing wrong with having a Ferrari in the garage for fun weekends and a Prius for the working week. I'd want that rig because to me it represents practically the ultimate in big amps. It'd be so loud it'd tear holes in your head, but what the hell. Once in a while...
CJ .Not going to be that loud. All other things being equal, it takes 10X the power to deliver twice the perceived volume of sound. I have seen a 9 volt battery powered amp built into an empty cigarette pack drive a 4X12 cabinet loud enough to play a gig in a small room, and your dream rig would only be noticeably louder than a 100 watt head. There was a reason the touring bands had a wall of amps behind, back in the day .... Good point, Smokey Amps is the company that makes those little amps that'll fit in a cigarette pack. But I doubt you'll get a response out of CMJ, he got the ban hammer awhile back. Dang - everybody getting banned. Probably be me one day. Sure miss CJ and Keith_J .... 
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Posted: 4/8/2016 5:58:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Dang - everybody getting banned. Probably be me one day. Sure miss CJ and Keith_J ....
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By Gone_Shootin:
Originally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By cmjohnson:
You're right, but it's like cars. A high performance car is FUN even if you're not driving along at 150 MPH. There's nothing wrong with having a Ferrari in the garage for fun weekends and a Prius for the working week. I'd want that rig because to me it represents practically the ultimate in big amps. It'd be so loud it'd tear holes in your head, but what the hell. Once in a while...
CJ .Not going to be that loud. All other things being equal, it takes 10X the power to deliver twice the perceived volume of sound. I have seen a 9 volt battery powered amp built into an empty cigarette pack drive a 4X12 cabinet loud enough to play a gig in a small room, and your dream rig would only be noticeably louder than a 100 watt head. There was a reason the touring bands had a wall of amps behind, back in the day .... Good point, Smokey Amps is the company that makes those little amps that'll fit in a cigarette pack. But I doubt you'll get a response out of CMJ, he got the ban hammer awhile back. Dang - everybody getting banned. Probably be me one day. Sure miss CJ and Keith_J ....
What, did KeithJ quit posting again? Come to think of it, I haven't seen him do so in awhile. |
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IN, USA
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Posted: 4/11/2016 5:42:43 PM EDT
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My favorite amp setup so far is my new Orange Rockerverb 100 MKIII. Fantastic clean sound and the gain channel is unreal!!! My son has a Mesa Dual Rec. Roadster in his room and it wounds fantastic also. Love them both!
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Posted: 4/13/2016 10:32:11 AM EDT
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All the ones I've played through and really fallen in love with belonged to friends.
Mesa Mark IV Head thru a Recto 4x12 Rivera 2x12 Knucklehead Bogner Ecstasy 101B thru my Recto 4x12. This thing was absolutely insane. I had trouble with my stage rig one night and my buddy let me borrow his Bogner. He said "I've got it set up for you". I kept having to turn it down. It was absolutely crushing and had a whole lot more to spare. Best I've ever heard just plugging straight into an amp. |
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Posted: 2/23/2019 2:46:07 PM EDT
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I picked up a Badcat 1x12 Cub III 30 R about a year ago and love it. It’s a great amp for blues/classic rock and country.
I’ve been really wanting a Friedman BE-100 head to scratch my classic Marshall itch. Eventually I’ll pick one up but damn they are expensive! |
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Posted: 2/23/2019 3:08:08 PM EDT
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I already have both of them:
Marshall VBA400 w/4x12" cabinet Sunn Coliseum 300 w/2x15" cabinet |
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Posted: 2/23/2019 5:00:45 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By georgestrings: The problem with attentuators is that they're said to be rough on transformers - IMO, a better solution is pulling a pair of power tubes to knock it back to 50/60 watts... - georgestrings |
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Posted: 2/23/2019 5:14:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gone_Shootin: I would actually enjoy that so I could turn up loud enough to really get my power tubes to cooking and maybe run two amps too. I was rhythm guitar, and I can assure you an 80 watt combo amp wasn't enough - I ended up with a 2X65 watt Fender M80 Stereo Chorus into a Peavey 4X12. |
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NE, USA
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Posted: 2/23/2019 11:37:50 PM EDT
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my dream rig is my Trace Elliot V-6. 300 watts of KT-88 goodness into an Ampeg PR410-HLF
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Posted: 2/24/2019 11:10:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Cajun78]
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MI, USA
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Posted: 2/24/2019 4:10:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ductapeman:
www.torresengineering.com I sure hope he got an education or some people that do know stuff. Everything he ever said or wrote in articles back then were not just bad, but plain wrong and devoid of facts. Most of which damaged your instruments. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 2/24/2019 4:18:55 PM EDT
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Always wanted the GK lunchbox
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NE, USA
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Posted: 2/24/2019 5:25:01 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Czechers:
Always wanted the GK lunchbox
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Posted: 2/24/2019 8:52:48 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By The_Hammer:
Meanwhile I'm looking in to building a nice 1 watt tube amp for when I don't want to crank up the 100 watt combo lol.  Attached FileEmery Micro baby. 1w/2w amp. This little thing sounds glorious running through a 2x10, closed back cab. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 11:30:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Blue_Monkey]
[#25]
Since I've only been playing for just over a year, I only have two Roland amps: Blues Cube Hot and a Micro Cube GX. I would love a sweet Mesa Boogie!
ETA: I forgot my two mini amps I use when I travel: Blackstar Fly and Marshall MS-2 |
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Posted: 2/28/2019 12:38:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Czechers:
Always wanted the GK lunchbox
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--jKFo9xAO--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_620,q_90,w_620/v1461108261/i1xhjemmsinowpclugk5.jpg 
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Posted: 2/28/2019 5:03:09 AM EDT
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I’ve had a lot of different amps over the years.
Marshall Mosfet stack that was ok for what I was doing at 16. A bunch of crappy transistor amps that all seemed to fry. One day I walked in a local music store and there was a used JCM800 vertical input head there and they sold it to me for $250. I bought a 1960 4x12 slant cabinet for it a couple weeks later. It was awesome. I bought a Hot Rod deVille, a Dual Rec, a first generation 5150 and cabinet, a 2x12 Line6, an AC30, Marshall Class 5, a 50w Plexi clone, DSL40, Tweed Blues Jr, a Mesa Boogie 5:25 Express a couple other combos over the years. Of them all the JCM 800 was my favorite. I wish I had never sold it. The 5:25 Boogie is my least liked amp. In fact I’m trying to sell it. Not a fan of Boogies at all in any fashion. They seem stale and require too much tinkering to get a sound I like. I’m looking for a Fender Deluxe reissue right now. The new Marshall 20w version of the JCM800 looks interesting too. |
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Posted: 2/28/2019 6:28:35 AM EDT
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Vintage Fender Tube amps
On the dream list: 1959/60 Bassman Blackface Deluxe Reverb (preferably Pre-CBS) Always wanted a Mesa Trem-O-Verb too |
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Posted: 2/28/2019 6:31:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ductapeman:
I was blessed with the ability to make a living playing for 25 years, until my back got too bad to move my gear–– Best guitar amp I ever heard (to my admittedly biased ear) was a 1960 cream-Tolex Fender Bandmaster, with a pair of old-school Jensen 12" speakers. Highs on fire, lows of liquid ice–– clean as a razor until you leaned on it, then it would sound like every Ritchie Blackmore album you ever heard. I own it now.  The joke is, I was always a bassist–– for bass I use Gallien-Krueger amps, JBL speakers (the old K145's later the E145–– hard to argue with 22 pounds of Alnico 6) and Fender basses, of which I have an assortment. I can cause earthquakes with this setup.
There's a company called www.torresengineering.com that does a nice job of altering an old Bassman head into a good, ballsy guitar amp–– to my ear they sound better than a lot of gear out there that costs six times as much. Just sayin'. They also make kits to do your own work–– and they're great people. |
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ME, USA
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Posted: 3/3/2019 9:21:30 PM EDT
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I'm a bass player, and as such, an SWR guy.
I still use my Electric Blue Head that I purchased new in 1991. Super clean but warm and easy to dial but only 150 watts. It's been parked above many slave power amps and cabinets. Mackie, Crown, Ampeg, SWR. Now it sits on a QSC amp and a SWR 410T for most gigs. If I'm outside I'll toss an Ampeg 1510HE under the 410 or run a line into the board. Something nice though about having a rig taller than I am but I hate lugging it all. |
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FM, USA
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Posted: 3/3/2019 9:36:15 PM EDT
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Another vote for a Mark IIC+. I'm looking into making new preamp PC boards so I can convert a Mark III to a full IIC+ spec.
There might be a market for repro RP11 and RP12 preamp boards. I use a Fractal Axe-FX II which is a great piece of gear. I bought it hoping that it'd be more or less my last amp, and use it to closely replicate the sounds of a lot of amps I'd love to own but just have neither the money nor the space for. Wrong. I've bought more amps SINCE I got it than I had before! The thing is a gateway drug! I have a triple recto solo head now. And a Rocket 44. And a Studio .22 that I've since resold. Nice amp but not quite my sound.... And, I got a 1979 silverface Fender Pro Reverb in astoundingly clean condition. A real closet classic. It had never been recapped but badly needed it. So, that got done, along with ONE mod, to add reverb to the normal channel. Which frankly was a really great choice. Maybe not everybody realizes it, but in those classic Fenders, the normal channel is voiced differently from the vibrato channel, aside from the lack of reverb and tremolo. The normal channel has a warmer bass response which makes it the go-to channel when I plug in my Strat. I usually play humbuckers but for the Strat, the added warmth of the normal channel, now with reverb, really adds body to the strat's tone. I'm seriously debating buying a Marshall JCM800 2203 model which is in utterly perfect shape, with matching 1960 cabinet. Both pieces have lived in road cases since the day they were first bought and they've never been gigged. Condition is "as it left the factory" and nothing short of that. I've never had a Marshall. That may be the one to change that. But it's kinda pricey. Of course I'd love a real Plexi, a 1967 "black flag" version in all original condition. But the price.... |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 3/3/2019 9:43:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: greco]
[#32]
Mostly play my vintage Vibro lux for general stage jobs. When playing with my metal bands I play a Mesa Triple Rec, Marshall 100 watt super lead, or Marshall 50 watters- 1974 and 1978 build years. All through Marshall 1960 cabs Also have a Mesa F50 I need to sell to a member.
For bass I have 2 Gallien , Kruger heads through an Ampeg cab. |
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Posted: 3/5/2019 5:47:01 AM EDT
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I have many answers, depending on what I'm doing.
Recording? I love a good, high end combo like a Matchless or VOX AC-30. Just can't beat those. Live? Modeler all the way - walked away from amps 10 years ago and still think they're pretty much outmoded for FOH sound. Practice or gigging? Low-watt head + cabinet with a good pre-amp in front of it. Run a 1w Bugera with some mods, and put a GT-6 through the loop. |
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Posted: 3/5/2019 4:11:34 PM EDT
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JVM410HJS
JVM410H DSL40CR DSL1HR (on the way) Twin Reverb 65 Reissue Deluxe Reverb 65 Reissue H&K Grandmeister Deluxe 40 Have toyed with the idea of getting a Messa Dual Rectifier. Don't do high gain aggressive metal so it might not be a good fit. |
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Posted: 3/5/2019 4:30:38 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
I've heard fabulous tones coming form a Hughes and Kettner half stack, Marshalls, Dean markleys. Most fun I've had is with one of these: https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/s--5iihS9lE--/a_exif,c_limit,f_auto,fl_progressive,h_620,q_75,w_620/v1459008143/dctasb7fn6kyelfoa7gd.jpg with a Peavey Rockmaster or TubeFEX in front of it, and a Peavey MS412 cabinet downstream. Yes, it's solid state, but the clean channel is better than a Roland Jazz Chorus, and with the pre-amps running right into the power amps, I got great sounds, and it never let me down. All of the rig was sourced used except the cabinet. Dirt cheap. Plus the chorus feature is fun! Still have it. |
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Posted: 3/5/2019 5:45:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Gone_Shootin]
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By StewartTR:
JVM410HJS JVM410H DSL40CR DSL1HR (on the way) Twin Reverb 65 Reissue Deluxe Reverb 65 Reissue H&K Grandmeister Deluxe 40 Have toyed with the idea of getting a Messa Dual Rectifier. Don't do high gain aggressive metal so it might not be a good fit. A good demo showing a Rectifier's other side.  Can Mesa Dual Rectifier sound like a Plexi? But, all of that said, you'd probably be alot happier with a Mesa Triple Crown. |
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Posted: 3/9/2019 12:55:35 PM EDT
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Light portable 30 to 60 watt all tube with one 12 inch speaker. My back has told me this and I never made enough money to have roadies..
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Posted: 3/9/2019 2:36:38 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By StewartTR:
OMG, I still have a Fender M80 combo that I forgot about. It's not the chorus version. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By StewartTR:
Originally Posted By Rick-OShay:
I've heard fabulous tones coming form a Hughes and Kettner half stack, Marshalls, Dean markleys. Most fun I've had is with one of these: https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/s--5iihS9lE--/a_exif,c_limit,f_auto,fl_progressive,h_620,q_75,w_620/v1459008143/dctasb7fn6kyelfoa7gd.jpg with a Peavey Rockmaster or TubeFEX in front of it, and a Peavey MS412 cabinet downstream. Yes, it's solid state, but the clean channel is better than a Roland Jazz Chorus, and with the pre-amps running right into the power amps, I got great sounds, and it never let me down. All of the rig was sourced used except the cabinet. Dirt cheap. Plus the chorus feature is fun! Still have it. The weakness on ALL the M80s was the input jack, which was a complicated plastic box with six connectors that are soldered to the circuit board. Has a chrome ring inside the outer end, but if you step on your cable, the outer plastic cracks, the chrome ring falls out, and your plug on the cable never makes good connection again. In theory you need a flat-plate solder gun to get the old one off, but I have done it by working slowly with a regular gun and prying each pair of connects up a little at a time until it comes off. Replacements were available last time I checked - about $20. Takes some time to disconnect the circuit board and get it out, but overall nto a hard repair, just takes some time. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:22:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: fixin2]
[#39]
Mojo JTM45 Clone that I built with a post phase inverter master volume installed in the back panel. Head cabinet is a Sour Mash with British Racing Green Tolex, Speaker cabinet is a Marshall 2x12 with Celestian G12 H30s. Speaker cab was a Craigslist find for $150.00. Has a killer tone and will get gritty at very low levels since I installed the PPIMV. |
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Posted: 3/30/2019 7:49:03 PM EDT
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Anywhere between an 800w to 1200w power amp head, driving good cabs, is what I used to use.
The 1200w power amp head driving a 4x12 was fun. That and the 800w PA amp driving another 4x12 lifted the picture frames off my wall at my home at the time, so the pictures would literally hover with the metal cables being the only things keeping them from flying off. My dream amps and cabs consist of custom curved cabinets to form the legs of a giant anthropomorphic, modular robot system that you can walk in. Cabs will be covered in fabric to simulate the creatures. Amps will be insane power, Digital Signal Processed with adaptive resonant harmonic testing/feedback for troubleshooting a venue's acoustics, including empty and audience-full. The brain will adjust the resonance to get full projection for the room/venue sound. Basically you would be walking on 2 articulating PA stacks with subs in the giant feet. Vocals goes through another speaker routed through a dryer vent hose trachea to the large head that is mechanically connected to your own head with 3-4 degrees of freedom. Chem light juice runs through the veins over colored elastomer balloon muscles, with the juice pumped through a central circulating system. It must be loud, very loud, and full-sounding. That's my dream.... |
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Posted: 4/2/2019 2:02:26 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LRRPF52:
Anywhere between an 800w to 1200w power amp head, driving good cabs, is what I used to use. The 1200w power amp head driving a 4x12 was fun. That and the 800w PA amp driving another 4x12 lifted the picture frames off my wall at my home at the time, so the pictures would literally hover with the metal cables being the only things keeping them from flying off. My dream amps and cabs consist of custom curved cabinets to form the legs of a giant anthropomorphic, modular robot system that you can walk in. Cabs will be covered in fabric to simulate the creatures. Amps will be insane power, Digital Signal Processed with adaptive resonant harmonic testing/feedback for troubleshooting a venue's acoustics, including empty and audience-full. The brain will adjust the resonance to get full projection for the room/venue sound. Basically you would be walking on 2 articulating PA stacks with subs in the giant feet. Vocals goes through another speaker routed through a dryer vent hose trachea to the large head that is mechanically connected to your own head with 3-4 degrees of freedom. Chem light juice runs through the veins over colored elastomer balloon muscles, with the juice pumped through a central circulating system. It must be loud, very loud, and full-sounding. That's my dream.... |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/31/2019 8:43:23 PM EDT
[#42]
Been playing the new Fender Bass Breaker 30R, man am i getting good tones out of it. Great amp and value for the money. Been itching to try a Milkman Creamer though.
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Posted: 9/1/2019 9:22:52 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Regency]
[#43]
I just bought one of the Fender 64 Deluxe Reverbs (handwired) used in mint condition off reverb.
Cant wait to try it. No, I didn't pay the $2,500 price tag
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Posted: 9/3/2019 12:38:16 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
1 watt at full blast will be 25% as loud as the 100 watt at full blast. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rick-OShay:
Originally Posted By The_Hammer:
Meanwhile I'm looking in to building a nice 1 watt tube amp for when I don't want to crank up the 100 watt combo lol. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 9/5/2019 8:13:41 PM EDT
[#45]
Amps that can be bought new:
Ampeg SVT Mesa WD-800 Aguilar Tonehammer TH500 GK 700RB-II Genzler 800 and a whole bunch of amps no longer produced. |
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Posted: 9/5/2019 9:38:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Azygos]
[#46]
I don’t play out, so the amp I play the most is a little Yamaha THR10X.
That said, I have one or two tube amps in the basement.  The two Diamond 4x12 cabs have sequential serial numbers.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 9/5/2019 10:48:33 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Daytona955i:
Orange. |
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ME, USA
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Posted: 9/5/2019 11:00:59 PM EDT
[#48]
Bass player.
SWR Electric Blue on top (new in 1992) QSC for power (been through Mackie and Crown already) SWR and Ampeg cabs |
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FM, USA
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Posted: 9/6/2019 10:43:06 PM EDT
[#49]
Ever since I got two vintage Marshalls, my concept of the tone I want has been completely recalibrated.
I thought more gain was the answer. Then I cranked up my new to me 1977 JMP 2203 100 watt master volume Marshall with 4x12 loaded with well broken in Greenback reissues. I found that I could turn the drive DOWN because the sound coming out of it with the master volume up around six was simply gorgeous. Lively, dynamic, and responsive in spades. Clean to mean with just a change in pick pressure. Heavenly. I've never had anything else that did that. I've been a tone seeker for 35 years. Turns out I should have just gotten a Marshall right from the very start and then I'd have been DONE. I've already sold off my Triple Rectifier. Nice amp, for sure, but it was never really for me. I tried it, I liked it, I never really loved it. I found that the green (Clean) channel, when pushed, with the drive cranked, was the best tone it could offer me, according to my specific tastes. That is fairly vintage-Marshally. The orange and red channels, while more than adequately sustainy and crunchy, were more of a gimmick to me than a musical sound. Oh, the other Marshall I bought is a 1973 Superlead, model 1959. (Also 100 watts.) Both are getting recapped in a few days. Both have the ORIGINAL capacitors and they've clearly gone as far as they can. I look forward to hearing these amps when they're refreshed with new caps and glass. |
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Posted: 9/7/2019 2:32:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: hamb0ne]
[#50]
Bassist here. I run my Fender American Standard Precision through an SVT-7Pro and the SVT-410HLF cab. It makes the asses shake.
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